Oil Fire Bites Elk Hills as Red Adair Called
Three workers burned to death when an Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve well exploded. A 7,000 foot well released a geyser of oil and flame, and the bodies were lost from a suspended basket. Red Adair's crew prepared fire control measures as the blaze raged.
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Taft
Calif
Red Adair
Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve
Alaska
Kern County Fire Department
Ron Marshall
Marshall
Elk Hills
Naval Oil
Energy Tax Break Opponents Raise Amendments
Lawmakers clash over a $40 billion eight year energy tax break package. Kennedy leads a push to drop business breaks and a home insulation credit while Sen Jackson calls the proposal a Christmas tree. Conference efforts linger as a broader fight over car and fuel taxes continues.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Senate
Kennedy
Finance Committee
Carter
Henry M. Jackson
Senate Energy Committee
Senate Budget Committee
Edmund S. Muskie
Dmaine
Charles H. Percy
Senate House Conference Committee
Mexican Visitor Enjoys Farm Life in Guysville Visit
A 13 year old Mexico City boy, Juan Godinez, stays with Mr. and Mrs. David Bircher on Route 1 in Guysville. He expresses a liking for life on the farm and the rural setting.
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Juan Godinez
Mexico City
David Bircher
Guysville
Athens Leaders Seek 3.2 Percent Beer Rule Change
Police Chief Ted Jones and Mayor Donald Barrett press City Council to amend Athens open container law to include beer with 3.2 per cent alcohol content. Page 3.
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Ted Jones
Donald Barrett
City Council
Athens
Feuding candidates clash over city solicitor duties
In Municipal Court contests challenger Garry Hunter accuses incumbent Richard Taylor of inadequate prosecution of cases. Taylor defends past practices as the race for city solicitor heats up.
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Garry Hunter
Richard Taylor
Mental health lease eyed with Hocking Valley Arts Council
The state health department plans a lease for use of a state dairy barn on Dairy Lane by the Hocking Valley Arts Council. The article also notes a rescue in Nelsonville where a man saved a five year old from a burning trailer and that Nelsonville York schools will close doors after Friday. Occasional rain or drizzle ends tonight with clearing and warmer Thursday conditions.
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State Mental Health Department
Hocking Valley Arts Coucil
Dairy Lane
Nelsonville
Southern Local voters approve 6.5 mill levy to reopen schools
Voters in Meigs County Southern Local School District approve a 6.5 mill operating levy by 1,026 to 911, generating local funds and state matching aid to reopen classes for about 1,100 students. Superintendent Bobby Ord says classes resume Thursday, football postponed.
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Renee Stone
Racine
Meigs County
Southern
Bobby Ord
Ord
Family Fight May Have Touched Off Murders
In Brunswick Ohio police say an argument with his father preceded a brutal family killing. Michael Swihart 18 faces aggravated murder charges after the bodies of Donald Swihart his wife Sue and two sons Brian 16 and Russell 9 were found in a burned home. Autopsies cite head injuries and a gasoline fire. Michael waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to the Medina County grand jury jailed without bond. Neighbors dispute the characterization of Michael as capable of such acts while classmates recall a loving family man.
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Brunswick
Ohio
Donald L. Swihart
Michael Swihart
Medina County
Common Pleas Court
Medina
Carroll B. McClu
Michael
Sue Swihart
Brian
Russell
Roger R Ingraham
Andrew J. Karson
Wilson
Oxford
Swihart
Gary Reffert
Statue Occupation of Liberty Island Ends in Arrests
Thirty Puerto Rican nationalists occupying the Statue of Liberty base on Liberty Island were captured after a nine hour protest that disrupted visitors including 90 schoolchildren. They demanded Puerto Rican independence and released prisoners from the 1954 congressional shooting, with seven negotiation offers rejected.
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New York
New York Harbor
Puerto Rico
Liberty Island
Vincente Alba
Battery Park
Manhattan
House of Representatives
Andres Figueroa Cordero
Shuttle to Make Test Flight at Edwards Air Force Base
Space Shuttle Enterprise to perform final test at Edwards Air Force Base with Prince Charles watching. NASA reports no issues as engineers sign off. the test features a 1 minute 55 second glide after release from a Boeing 747 at 22,000 feet. Pilots Haise Fullerton Engle and Truly rotate for the mission.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Prince Charles of
England
Outer Space
Mojave Desert
NASA
Trudy Tiedeman
Pete Haise
Gordon Fullerton
Joe Engle
Richard Truly
Haise
Judge gives probation to teen in fatal re enactment case
A 14 year old Columbus boy was placed on six months probation after pleading no contest to negligent homicide for shooting his 11 year old brother while re enacting a Dirty Harry scene. Judge Hill ordered professional help and counseling at Northwest Community Mental Health Center.
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James W. Hatton
Associated Press
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus
Delphus Thompson Jr
Micros
Delphus
Hill
Delphus Thompson
Northwest Community Mental Health Center
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Adair
Bennett Johnston
Dla
House
Harley Staggers
D-W.va
Conference Committee
York City
Sas Aed
John Dudding
Miller High School
Eastern High School
the Plain Dealer
Richard K. Wilson
Kent
Stanton Hall
Miami University
Space
Prince Charles
California
Thomas Jedinak
Public Defender’s Office
Franklin County Juvenile Court
John Hill
Jedinak
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